The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1. Which of the following best describes the diction and syntax of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”?

A) modern

B) technical

C) archaic

D) colloquial

2. Which of the following contains an example of internal rhyme?

A) “The ice was here, the ice was there, / The ice was all around” (Part 1)

B) “With throats unslaked, with black lips baked / We could nor laugh nor wail” (Part 3)

C) “And a thousand thousand slimy things / Lived on; and so did I” (Part 4)

D) “Full many shapes, that shadows were / In crimson colours came” (Part 6)

3. Which of the following best explains how alliteration functions in the lines, “Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship, / Yet she sailed softly too” (Part 6)?

A) It mimics the sound and motion of the sea.

B) It creates a sense of monotonousness.

C) It heightens the juxtaposition of the two lines.

D) It recalls the prior description of the albatross.

4. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” primarily consists of which of the following?

A) couplets

B) tercets

C) quatrains

D) octaves

5. The lines, “And straight the Sun was flecked with bars, / (Heaven’s Mother send us grace!) / As if through a dungeon-grate he peered” contain all but which of the following (Part 3)?

A) simile

B) personification

C) apostrophe

D) paradox

6. Which of the following passages contains an example of an oxymoron?

A) “The other was a softer voice, / As soft as honey-dew" (Part 5)